10.8.1 Server and windows smb issues

Ever since upgrading to 10.8.1 server my windows clients now have issues copying to the share point on the server. "Network error, there is a problem accessing \\SERVER\WORK"
It's only with large file transfers 3GB and above. It also randomly shows the same warning when they are saving projects to the server occasionally and they have to manully reconnect.
Latest windows 7 64bit pro on all clients and latest mac os X on server.
The share point is an attached thunderbolt raid and has all permissions switched off, and is configured to RAID 0. This is backed up hourly by another drive.
Is there anyway of rolling back to lion? I no longer have a lion back up on my time machine.
Anyone else having these issues?

Apple's SMB implentation is weak and buggy. I feel like I'm back in 10.3 trying to talk to Windows servers. Those were horrible days.
To Fix.. go to your Mac and check to make sure that it has the correct WINS settings (network, advanced, WINS). Your server has to be on the same workgroup (domain) as your windows clients. For some reason, the setting does not stick on your Mac and that setting gets lost. And that is the bug...
To fix this (second part of your fix).. go ahead and turn off file sharing. Then add your settings under WINS as stated above, then turn sharing back on and your networking from windows to mac will start to work fine.
Fun bugs... please call Apple about this, so they can follow up. My case number is 357016704

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Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Please follow the below steps and verify result.
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under the [global] section of /etc/smb.conf, make the following modifications (add the entry if it's not there):
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Just a couple of starters:-
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2. The Apple Install disk (plus subsequent Apple Software Updates) has all the drivers Bootcamp needs, without having to find and download from elsewhere. I run Windows 7 64 bit on two Macs and have never had to go and find a driver. (Of course Windows does it automatically for me for other hardware). Sorry if this next point is insultingly obvious, but just to check that you know you can put the Apple Install Disk in while running Windows and Windows find the installer.
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We run a mac + pc environment with some users on macs, many on pcs, and our office server is a windows exchange for email etc. As a multi-location consulting firm, we need to set up a good collaboration system that is hosted internally (to preserve confidentiality) and allows us to create a web-based knowledge creation, sharing and collaboration environment. We have looked at some of the new web services offers, but all are hosted by the providers.
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Message was edited by: suresh Venugopalan Shankar

suresh Venugopalan Shankar wrote:
1/ will windows users be able to use the wiki, chat, calendaring and podcast facilities from their laptops without any problems, and will they have the same easy user interface?
Yes, the web based interfaces work just fine for both OS's, the chat server is using jabber (clients on about every OS) and the calendaring is using the standards based iCalendar format.
2/ does the wiki server enable group collaboration like:
2a/ sending out email notifications on new posts (without changing our exchange server)
2b/ allowing groups to create project and team specific areas
I don't know of functionality to send out e-mail notifications on new posts, but you can subscribe to RSS feeds of things posted in the blog section of the wiki server. I'd need a little bit more information to understand what you're looking for as far as creating project and team specific areas.
3/ The problem we face is one of adoption. If we can make this as easy as facebook, then lots of people will migrate within 48 hours. But is this possible with the leopard server?
On the front end most of this stuff is very easy to use, and is in my opinion even simpler than facebook and such.
4/ finally, we are based in Singapore and our offices are all in Asia? Do we need a lot of experienced Apple-savvy technical people to create any of these applications, or is leopard server as easy to use as a mac is for a home user?
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